Bibliograph

The Velvet Underground, Apple Original Films ; Polygram Entertainment ; Killer Films [and others] ; directed by Todd Haynes

Type

Label

The Velvet Underground, Apple Original Films ; Polygram Entertainment ; Killer Films [and others] ; directed by Todd Haynes

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rated R

Main title

The Velvet Underground

Responsibility statement

Apple Original Films ; Polygram Entertainment ; Killer Films [and others] ; directed by Todd Haynes

Runtime

120

Series statement

Criterion collection, 1164

Summary

Emerging from the primordial soup of glamour, gutter sleaze, and feverish creativity that was New Yorks 1960s underground culture, the Velvet Underground redefined music with its at once raw and exalted blend of experimentation and art-damaged rock and roll. Here, Todd Haynes vividly evokes the band's incandescent world: the creative origins of the twin visionaries Lou Reed and John Cale, Andy Warhol's fabled Factory, and the explosive tension between pop and the avant-garde that propelled the group and ultimately consumed it

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification